Bodish Treasure-Literature (of the Ciratana / rN~in-ma "antients")
pp. 86-94 the 37 earth-treasures
p. |
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site: implement |
literature |
NT = New Treasures |
86 |
1 |
vajra & mirror |
24 sadhana-s |
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87 |
2 |
white stupa |
[re-concealed] |
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3 |
12 manifestations of Padma-sambhava |
NT 1 to 10 (Maha-yoga) |
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4 |
statue crafted from human bone |
cycle of Avalokita-is`vara |
NT 10 & 11 |
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88 |
5 |
rock at foot of mountain |
gtum-mo (hat.ha) of A-cala |
NT 11 & 12 |
6 |
7 profound cycles: Vis`uddha, etc. |
NT 12 to 19 |
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89 |
7 |
2 statues |
auxiliary texts for the 7 profound cycles |
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8 |
Brahmin-skull |
guide-book |
NT 1 |
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9 |
red-waterlily crystal cave |
3 sections of the Maha-siddhi ("great perfection") |
NT 21 to 23 |
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10 |
reliquary |
cycle of heart-essence |
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11 |
descriptive inventory of the 25 sacred places |
NT 24 |
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90 |
12 |
Maha-guhya ("great secret") cave |
heart-essence |
[lost] |
13 |
"unspecified inventory" |
heart-essence |
[lost] |
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14 |
crown, sigil, robes, medicine |
6 scrolls of the sacred teaching |
NT 24 & 25 |
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15 |
medicine of the 25 disciples |
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16 |
medicine |
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17 |
earrings |
guide to the D.akini crystal cave |
NT 25 |
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18 |
longevity-substance & onyx box |
several Treasure-inventories |
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19 |
"several sacred substances" |
4 cycles of who stirreth the depth |
NT 25 & 26 |
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91 |
20 |
stone container brought out of lake by naga |
Realization of Dharma-Protectors |
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21 |
statue & pills |
6 cycles of realization |
NT 26 to 28 |
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22 |
pills |
Congregations of Ma-mo-s |
NT 28 |
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23 |
statue |
inner guru cycle |
NT 28 & 29 |
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24 |
statue to liberate by sight |
account of origins of medicine |
NT 29 |
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25 |
pills |
3 cycles |
NT 29 & 30 |
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25a |
protruding rock |
2 Bon sadhana-s |
NT 30 |
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91-2 |
26 |
jewel-crystal rock: clay figure containing tooth |
inventories from many Treasure-sites |
NT 30 |
92 |
27 |
statue |
4 dharma-protector cycles of 10 qualities |
NT 30 |
28 |
statue |
cycles of 8 pronouncements |
NT 31 |
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29 |
life-countenance cliff |
cycles & tantra |
NT 31 |
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30 |
secret cave |
5 cycles of sacred dharma |
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31 |
instruction-manual: Powerful Vajra Wrath |
NT 32 |
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93 |
32 |
jewels from lake |
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33 |
saccha (clay figure) |
inventory |
NT 32 |
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34 |
pills |
inventory |
NT 32 |
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35 |
Garud.a-nest cliff: curved Treasure-container |
heart-essences of Vidya-dhara-s and of Heruka-s |
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36 |
3 stone containers |
Union with Buddha S`amvara; guide-book |
NT 33 |
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94 |
37 |
ornaments & statue |
7 cycles of sacred dharma |
NT 33 |
Practice-Manual of Combined Activity, from the Single Kila of Innermost Mind
p. |
direction |
deity (husband-wife couples) |
"__-headed" emanation |
115 |
zenith |
Hum-kara |
pig |
+S`abda-vajra ("resounding thunderbolt") |
lizard |
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east |
Krodha-vijaya ("wrath-victory") |
tiger |
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+haughty Vajra |
vulture |
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southeast |
Nila-dan.d.a ("blue rod") |
yak |
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+Vajra claw |
crow |
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southern |
Yama-antaka |
deer |
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+S`mas`anika ("lady of the charnel-ground") |
owl |
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117 |
southwest |
A-cala ("unmoving") |
leopard |
+Vajra-mus`ika ("thunderbolt mortar") |
raven |
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western |
Haya-griva |
cat |
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+Vajra-can.d.ali ("thunderbolt fierce") |
hoopoe |
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northwest |
Apara-ajita |
wolf |
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+haughty arrow Vajra |
hawk |
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north |
Amr.ta-kun.d.alin ("ambrosia-ringed") |
lion |
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+Vayu-vega |
bat |
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northeast |
Trailokya-vijaya ("triple-world victory") |
hyaina |
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+Vajra slayer |
weasel |
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nadir |
Maha-bala ("great strength") |
brown-bear |
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+Vajra exhortation |
rat |
Instructions of the Vidya-dhara-s ("lore-supports"): Clearly Arranged Guidance for the Single Form of the Most Secret Kila ("lance") of Mind
p. 133 the 8 great charnel-grounds [p. 129 dark-blue triangle > dark-green YAM > cross-shaped wind-man.d.ala > dark-green RA. -- p. 131 dark-yellow SUM > outstretched human skin. blue KEM > 4-level stacked-skeleltons mountain. red RAM > 5-wisdoms fire. blue HUM > dome containing 5 weapons. 10-spoked wheel of weapon-swirling wrathful emanations. pink TI > the 8 charnel-grounds] |
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Cool Grove |
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Perfection in Form |
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Play of Great Bliss |
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Play of the Great Secret |
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Waterlily Mound |
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Yama-kha |
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Expanse of the Cuckoo-bird |
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Complete Perfection |
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p. 133 directional deities ("the ten wrathful ones") within stupa: eastern skull-enclosure [p. 131 red PAM > variegated 100,000-petalled waterlily. green HA > 12-pronged crossed-thunderbolts. 5-colored BHRUM > 2-storeyed palace. p. 133 waterlily-supported wheels-of-dharma stupa] |
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direction |
deity |
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centre |
Brahma |
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eastern |
Gandha-rva |
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south |
Yama |
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west |
Naga-lord |
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north |
Yaks.a |
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southeast |
Agni |
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southwest |
Raks.asa |
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northwest |
Vayu |
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northeast |
Vinayaka |
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at western skull-enclosure is Bhumi-pati ("Lord of Earth"), i.e. at nadir |
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p. 135 the color-kula ("caste") snakes as ornaments of deep-blue Vajra-kumara [p. 137 embraced by his wife dark-blue Dipta-cakra] |
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color |
kula |
ornament |
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white |
raja |
tress-binder |
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yellow |
vais`ya |
earrings |
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red |
brahman |
necklace |
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black |
can.d.ala |
on body |
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green |
s`udra |
bracelets & anklets |
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p. 137 within dome of the bhan~ja-holding red Haya-griva, centring into heart of (finger-sized) Vajra-sattva, successively: |
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object |
its size |
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octagonal jewel, in middle whereof is seat of sun-and-moon |
split-pea |
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golden vajra |
barley-grain |
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resting on a sun, blue HUM (around which are 9 Kilaya syllables, in an unmoving circle) |
mustard-seed |
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pp. 137 & 139 within eastern skull-enclosure: divine couples with pairs of animal-headed attendants [as on pp. 115 & 117] |
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p. |
deity |
holding __ |
__-headed attendant |
holding __ |
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137 |
dark-blue Hum-kara |
kila (lance) |
pig |
lance & wheel |
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light-blue +S`abda-vajra |
bow-&-arrow |
lizard |
bow & trident |
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137 & 139 |
white Krodha-vijaya |
wheel |
tiger |
lance & wheel |
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whitish-red +haughty Vajra |
khat.vanga (skull-staff) |
vulture |
bow & trident |
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139 |
light-blue Nila-dan.d.a |
fire |
yak |
fire & pestle |
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light-blue +Vajra claw |
cudgel |
crow |
cudgel & ax |
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dark-yellow Yama-antaka |
pestle |
deer |
fire & pestle |
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orange +S`mas`anika |
ax |
owl |
cudgel & ax |
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dark-green A-cala |
sword |
leopard |
sword & lasso |
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dark-blue +Vajra-mus`ika |
lasso |
raven |
lasso & blade |
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dark-red Haya-griva |
lasso made of snake |
cat |
sword & lasso |
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bright-red +Vajra-can.d.ali |
blade |
hoopoe |
lasso & blade |
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light-red Apara-ajita |
banner |
wolf |
banner & vis`va-vajra |
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light-red +haughty arrow Vajra |
tail-fan |
hawk |
tail-fan & bell |
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dark-green Amr.ta-kun.d.alin |
vis`va-vajra |
lion |
banner & vis`va-vajra |
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dark-green +Vayu-vega |
bell |
bat |
tail-fan & bell |
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black Trailokya-vijaya |
hammer |
hyaina |
hammer & plough |
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greenish-yellow +Vajra slayer |
head of daimon |
bear |
daimon-head & [winnowing-]bat |
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black Maha-bala |
plough |
brown-bear |
hammer & plough |
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black +Vajra exhortation |
[winnowing-]bat |
rat |
daimon-head & wooden [winnowing-]bat |
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p. 141 at 4 inner gates of palace: the 4 wrathful emanated bird-headed female gate-keepers |
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direction |
gate-keeper |
__-headed |
holding __ |
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east |
white Yaks.a |
hoopoe |
iron hook |
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south |
yellow Bhairavi |
magpie [heron on p. 161] |
lasso |
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west |
red A-mr.ta |
owl |
iron chain |
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north |
green Ghataka |
hawk |
bell |
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pp. 155, 157, & 159 animal-headed characteristics & significations |
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p. |
__-headed |
characteristics |
significations |
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155 |
pig |
making no distinction between clean & dirty |
without partiality |
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lizard |
sleeping much, in dry places |
free from conceptualizing, from from mud of samsara |
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155 & 157 |
tiger |
hath definite markings on skin, eating definitely meat |
definite cognizing without confounding |
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157 |
vulture |
not taking lives, but noticing corpses |
aware of those to be tamed, of their wishes |
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yak |
remaining furious |
subjugating evil-doers |
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crow |
looking upward & downward |
perceive samsara & nirvan.a alike |
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deer |
keen sense, trying to flee |
identifying innate nature, not abiding in samsara |
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owl |
cannot see in the day, but at night |
deluded thoughts have set [as sunset], reality [as moon] is shining |
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leopard |
skill in leaping |
unimpededly knoweth [by leap of intuition] |
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raven |
is unseen, possesseth wand of invisibility |
entereth into condition that others do not realize |
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cat |
great dexterity, calm state of mind |
aptitude for liberating others, while in peaceful state |
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hoopoe |
possessing eye-elixir, flapping wings [to distract] |
clearing away others' ignorance [while distracting them] |
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159 |
wolf |
enjoyeth taking lives, not compassionate |
liberateth samaya-breakers [by excommunication?] |
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hawk |
[holding onto prey with] strong talons |
not letting go those to be tamed |
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lion |
to overpower other praedators |
overpowering disturbing emotions |
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bat |
remembering 3 days |
realizing all in a single moment [sudden enlightenment?] |
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bear |
possesseth white heart though its fur is black |
persisteth in liberating sentient beings |
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weasel |
runneth in all directions |
speedily performeth benefit of various beings |
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brown-bear |
is rigid in hibernating |
is unmoved by [uncomplementary?] thoughts |
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rat |
entereth by only one hole its burrow which hath many entrances |
condenseth 84,000 gateways into single bodhi-citta |
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p. 171 aspects of the mind-essence [these are all Daoist traits] |
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"__-kaya" |
mind-essence |
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jn~ana- |
indivisible |
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nirman.a- |
self-arising |
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sambhoga- |
clear |
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dharma- |
empty |
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various (sets of) deities, etc. |
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p. |
# in set |
deities, etc. |
such as __ |
location |
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131 |
8 |
Maha-siddha-s, in as many stupa-s |
Hum-kara |
the 8 s`mas`ana-s ("charnel-grounds") |
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8 |
bonfires |
Fully-Blazing Skeleton |
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8 |
hurricanes |
Most Turbulent |
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8 |
local guardians |
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8 |
"zombies with hostile laughter" |
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8 |
Naga-s |
8 oceans in-between the 8 charnel-grounds: the 4 oceans in the cardinal directions being waterlily-shaped, the 4 oceans in the intermediate directions being bow-shaped |
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141 |
21 |
dark-blue "supreme sons", whose "lower body, emerging from the mouth of Makara, is the three edged, sharp, meteoric blade" |
the bodhi-citta luminosity-sphaere |
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12 |
kila-protectors |
S`van-mukha ("bitch-headed" goddess) |
middle courtyard |
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28 |
Is`vari-s |
the 7 white Extinguishers |
"last blood courtyard" |
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141 & 143 |
4 |
Kimkara-spirits |
outer gates |
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143 |
1 |
100-headed kila-goddess |
east |
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32 |
+D.akini-s |
north |
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7 |
+Matr.-s ("mothers") |
north |
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+Svasr.-s ("sistren") |
north |
{1 of "the eight zombies with hostile laughter" (p. 131) may have been Jesus Christ, who according to the Basilidean theology laughed hostilely against mankind while in the process of becoming unkillable.}
Andreas Doctor: Tibetan Treasure Literature. Snow Lion Publ., Ithaca (NY), 2005.